Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 29 Mar 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
12.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 8AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
0
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
2
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
NW
Period(s) (?)101010101099999888888778815151510
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)341286245240235211255225155135123981291291251771561181047561758181
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNW
5
NNW
5
SW
5
N
5
N
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
15
NW
5
W
15
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
5
NNE
10
WNW
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
0
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:22AM
1.45
9:45PM
1.31
9:17AM
1.42
10:13PM
1.39
10:07AM
1.36
10:39PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:32AM
0.55
3:12PM
-0.13
3:23AM
0.38
3:47PM
-0.04
4:09AM
0.24
4:19PM
0.08
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise--6:58-------6:56-------6:54-----
Sunset-----7:27-------7:27-------7:28--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171917232519171918161616141413131313121313131212
Feels °C (?)14161520221816171614141411139121112101211111112
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